Bottle



(No Model.)

K. A. K'LO'SE.

BOTTLE.

Patented Sept. 1., 1896.

A W I I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIoE.

KARL AUGUST KLOSE, OF RIOHFIELD, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TONORMAN C. RICHARDSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,103, datedSeptember 1, 1896.

Application filed February 7, 1896. Serial No. 578,405. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KARL AUGUST KLOSE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Richfield, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable Others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in bottles; and it has for itsgeneral object to provide a cheap and simple bottle which, when openedand discharged of its contents, is rendered unfit for use and cannottherefore be refilled with inferior substance and sold without detectionas containing the substance with which it was originally filled. I

\Vith the foregoing end in view the invention will be fully understoodfrom the followin g description and claims, when taken in conjunctionwith the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectionof a bottle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same,taken at right angles to Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectiontaken in the plane indicated by the line w as of Fig. 1.

In said drawings similar letters designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views, re-

ferring to which-- A indicates my improved bottle, which is preferablyformed in one piece of glass or other fragile material and may have theusual enlargement a at its upper end, and B indicates thebottle-stopper. This stopper B and the mechanism for opening and closingit and securing it in its closed position may be of any constructionsuitable to the purposes of my invention. I prefer, however, to mountthe stopper B on a pivoted bail O and connect said bail with anoperating bail-lever D,

- which, when resting in its lower position against the neck of thebottle, as shown in Fig. 2, will hold the stopper tightly in its closedposition and when raised will lift the stopper from its seat in theusual well-known manner, so as to permit of the bottle being emptied ofits contents.

The bottle A may be of the ordinary gen eral form, but I prefer, forreasons which will cent to its bottom and lower end with a false bottomE, and this false bottom is provided with a depending bulb F, which ismade thin and preferably in the form of a hook, as shown, and isdesigned for the connection of the wire G. (Better illustrated in Figs.1 and 3 of the drawings.) This arm G is looped over or otherwisesuitably connected to the bulb F, and it is passed up through an openingdin the fiat side I) of the bottle to the upper end thereof and isprovided at its upper end with a hook c, which is designed to beinserted in the stopper B, as better shown in Fig. 1, so that when thebail-lever D and the stopper are raised to open the bottle the wire Gwill be drawn taut and the bulb F will be snapped off or broken, so thatif the bottle is refilled with inferior substance with a View of sellingit as containing the substance with which it was originally filled thefraud may be readily detected.

When the bottle is to-be opened, it is pref erably held in anapproximately horizontal position with its flat side I) uppermost, andthe bail-lever D is then raised. This, as before stated, will raise thestopper and open the bottle and will simultaneously snap or break thebulb F. When the bottle has been opened, it is inclined so as to permitits contents to pass out of its open end. The broken bulb F and anyparticles of glass will fall 8 5 into the space between the two bottomsof the bottle and will be effectually prevented from getting into thespace above the-false bottom E.

In order to permit the contents of the hot 0 tle to pass from the spacebelow the false bottom E to the space above the said bottom and yetprevent the fragments'of such glass from getting into the space abovethe false bottom, the said false bottom is provided adjacent to 5 therounded side of the bottle with a series of minute apertures m, asshown.

It will be seen that when the bulb F is broken, which is a necessaryincident to the opening of the bottle, the bottle is rendered IOO unfitfor use and cannot therefore be refilled by unscrupulous persons withinferior substance and sold without detection as containing thesubstance with which it was originally filled.

The flat side Z) of my improved bottle is advantageous, since it permitsof the wire G lying straight and being readily rendered taut, and theopening d is desirable, because when the wire is in it it is not liableto catch into anything or be broken during the handling of the bottle.

WVhen desirable, the wire G may be connected with ordinary stoppers ofbottles, so that the bulb F will be broken when the stopper is drawn bya stopperpuller, and in order that the hooked end of the wire may bereadily inserted in the stoppers said end may be and preferably issharpened or pointed.

It will be appreciated that notwithstanding its material advantages myimproved bottle maybe manufactured almost as cheaply as the ordinarybottle and may be as easily opened and discharged of its contents, andthis without danger of getting any of the broken glass in such contents.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A bottle having afalse bottom provided with a fragile bulb, astopper arranged in thebottle, and a connection between the fragile bulb an d the stopper,whereby, when the stopper is raised the fragile bulb will be broken,substantially as specified.

2. A bottle having a false bottom provided with a fragile bulb, and alsohaving an opening 61, in one of its walls extending from the upper endof the bottle to the space below the false bottom and communicating withsuch space, a stopper arranged in the upper end of the bottle, and awire connected at one end to the fragile bulb and at its opposite end tothe stopper and extending through the opening d, substantially asspecified.

3. A bottle having a false bottom provided with a fragile bulb and withopenings m, and also having one of its sides flat and provided with anopening cl, which extends from the upper end of the bottle to the spacebelow the false bottom and communicates with such space, a stopperarranged in the upper end of the bottle, and a wire connected at one endto the fragile bulb and at its opposite end to the stopper and extendingthrough the opening (Z, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

KARL AUGUST KLOSE. \Vitnesses:

T. S. MAYER, A. L. BULER.

